Arnie Pie

A nice bit of instability over this part of the Midlands

Happy Birthday Metty

Lovely start to the risk day

Flashes to my NE Edit some big CGs crashing down

Hope so

A small cell has developed over Stourbridge - which has forced me to turn my camera`s to the West

Pretty much a only clear cam atm

Positive hope from the German forum this evening - cloud cover and thunderstorms permitting for us Scroll down to the last post on the page & translate Aktuelle Situation an OSWIN & Co. NLC-Saison 2023 - Seite 4 - AKM e.V. Forum FORUM.METEOROS.DE

Here` hoping Rob OSWINS been alive all day OSWIN - Mesosphäre - Forschung - Leibniz-Institut für Atmosphärenphysik, Kühlungsborn WWW.IAP-KBORN.DE Again i`m not posting the individual image but a link to the said image, out of respect to the IAP copyright rules Copyright rules of IAP "The content of this website is protected by copyright. All illustrations and photos on the websites of the Leibniz Institute for Atmospheric Physics (IAP) are the property of the institute or the respective authors and may not be adopted, duplicated or distributed without the permission of those responsible."

I`m sure there are some stats out there concerning viewing times but, for them to be accurate they would have to span both Solar minimum and Solar maximum years

It was a bit of a strange display, Very faint needing an 8" exposure and the really strange thing was that as soon as the Nautical twilight rays hit the clouds, which in my experience should 'light them up', they just dissolved them - the atmosphere is still to warm for any decent display